Views: 9,872A Practical Introduction to Ethernet, TCP/IP, Addressing, Routing, and Network Troubleshooting 1-Day, Instructor Led, Web Based Delivery or Self Paced, OnlineMinimum: 10 StudentsWeb Based Delivery: Max class size is 30On Site Delivery: Max class size is 20 Click here to go to the Online Class. What Students are Saying about this class: Course Description Almost
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Views: 1,544Net neutrality in the United States has evolved through a cycle of regulatory assertion, legal limitation, reclassification, repeal, and attempted reinstatement. It is not a fixed policy but a dynamic framework shaped by the intersection of law, politics, and network engineering realities. At its core, the debate reflects a fundamental tension. On one side
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Views: 13,3821-Day Instructor-Led CourseWeb-Based Delivery or Self-Paced OnlineMinimum: 10 StudentsWeb Based Delivery: Max class size is 30On Site Delivery: Max class size is 20 Stop Guessing. Start Troubleshooting Systematically. When a customer says, “The network isn’t working,” where do you start? Good network troubleshooting is not about randomly changing settings, rebooting devices, or trying commands
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Views: 5,713When you run a speed test, you are testing several key aspects of your internet connection. The purpose is to measure the performance of your connection to the internet in terms of download speed, upload speed, latency or delay, and jitter or delay variation. The problem is that not all speed tests are equal.
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Views: 7,809As many of you who have been in my classes, or are my clients, know, I am not a fan of the accuracy and meaning of speed tests. Perhaps I am being a little technical here. Over the next several posts, I want to provide some detailed information on Speed Tests. I thought the
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Views: 2,703I am getting asked a lot about this. Below is mix of reporting and my take on what happened and what needs to be done. Just so we are clear: I have no secret inside knowledge or insight into the problems. But if you are looking for a clear explanation, read on. The recent
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Views: 10,116Let’s say you wanted to view our site back in 2001. Could you do it? The answer is yes! That’s right, someone has been crawling the web called the Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org). The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web and other information on the Internet created by the Internet
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Views: 1,656This is a great question – and great news – there is an app for that!! Well, at least there is a web site. Based on millions of recent test results from Speedtest.net, there is an index that compares and ranks consumer download speeds around the globe. Also plotted is the value is the
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Views: 2,634This article discusses our tips on “Parenting the Internet” from a technical perspective. What we mean is, that parents must carefully control the Internet usage in the home, especially when minors are involved. The Internet must be actively parented as we will discuss further. Also look for additional information in the following two articles:
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Views: 1,743I have always said, everywhere – at least at some level. It typically involves governments or authorities blocking or restricting access to certain content, websites, or services. Here’s a summary of where and how it’s done: Countries with Extensive or Systematic Internet Censorship: Highly Censored (Systematic Filtering & Control) Substantial Filtering or Selective Censorship
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Views: 1,9241. You just tried to enter your password on the microwave. 2. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three. 3. You call your son’s beeper to let him know it’s time to eat. He emails you back from his bedroom, “What’s for dinner?” 4. Your daughter sells
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Views: 1,363Great question!As those of you who love this project, you know we have moved it around several times. We know this is a problem, and we apologize for that. The latest place for this project is here: https://cellstream.online/moodle/course/view.php?id=33 You will have to create a free user account to actually view the WIKI’s – but that
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Views: 1,681This article was originally published on October 15, 1998! The telephone network is being revolutionized as you read this. Sprint wants to push their ATM network all the way out to your home, and Qwest is implementing an all IP network which they claim is leapfrogging Frame Relay and even the ATM technology Sprint
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